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Healthcare | USA

California

Healthcare covers a wide range of work, including transactional, advisory, and contentious matters. Transactional work is primarily the sale and purchase, of some or all of a health system or health insurance company. Law firms advise on antitrust issues and assorted regulatory matters for clients such as hospitals, health systems and insurance companies. Litigation includes matters like qui tam (whistleblower) suits and the defence of parties involved in federal investigations. Advisory and regulatory compliance matters include Medicare Part D, the subsidizing of drugs through the federally-run Medicare program. Also covers Stark Law, which governs referrals of physicians accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, and the False Claims Act (FCA). This chapter also features advice on pharmaceutical and medical products regulatory issues covering the drugs and devices approved by the FDA.

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Band 1

  1. Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC
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    Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 1 | 21 Years Ranked

    Hooper Lundy & Bookman is an outstanding healthcare boutique, with significant capability in acting for both providers and suppliers across a range of complex and cutting-edge matters. It excels in Medicare and Medicaid regulatory matters and in litigation against payors, including notable strengths in fraud and abuse claims. The firm is also well versed in transactional issues, with an impressive market share of hospital acquisitions in the state.

  2. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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    McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 1 | 21 Years Ranked

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP is full-service powerhouse with incredible depth of knowledge in the healthcare space, as well as complementary expertise in the life sciences and IP sectors. Market-leading capabilities across the full range of issues, including regulatory matters and both commercial and white-collar litigation. Standout experience in complex transactions and government investigations, calling upon a formidable roster of healthcare experts.

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Band 2

  1. Foley & Lardner LLP
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    Foley & Lardner LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 2 | 21 Years Ranked

    Foley & Lardner LLP is recommended for a range of healthcare work including transactions, reimbursement and fraud and abuse advice, with strengths acting for county public health systems, medical staff, hospitals and health systems. Also regularly advises on white-collar criminal defense matters, calling upon a highly regarded litigation practice with strengths in regulatory investigations and defending enforcement. Offers niche expertise in the telehealth space, advising on a full range of state law matters in this area.

  2. Jones Day
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    Jones Day
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 2 | 21 Years Ranked

    Jones Day is a full-service practice with national strengths, leveraging its extensive network of US offices to advise on major healthcare mandates. It is notable for its work for a variety of healthcare players, including hospitals, academic medical centers and life sciences organizations. The firm offers counsel across the range of healthcare concerns, including sophisticated transactions and state and federal regulations. Additional strength in ancillary areas such as US and foreign privacy laws.

  3. Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 2 | 21 Years Ranked

    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP routinely represents an impressive roster of provider and payor clients in complex litigation, transactions and regulatory matters, alongside wider strengths in policy issues. The firm calls upon a well-resourced bench of healthcare attorneys in California, leveraging its wider US offices to offer strengths in nationwide issues.

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Band 3

  1. ArentFox Schiff LLP
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    ArentFox Schiff LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 3 | 13 Years Ranked

    ArentFox Schiff LLP is recognized for its strength in representing prominent healthcare providers in medical peer review, long-term care and data security matters. Also houses strong transactional, litigation and regulatory expertise, with particular strengths in EMTALA compliance. Offers growing capabilities in the telehealth space.

  2. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 3 | 21 Years Ranked

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP represents major providers and university health systems across the gamut of healthcare work. Dedicated practitioners can also advise on specialist areas, including privacy, joint ventures and reimbursement. Particularly noted for its strength in healthcare M&A, alongside growing strengths in governmental investigation and disputes work.

  3. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 3 | 21 Years Ranked

    Latham & Watkins LLP has an esteemed practice offering capabilities across the spectrum of healthcare matters, including high value transactions, litigation, regulatory compliance and governmental enforcement. Noted expertise in a broad range of matters including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, tax exemption and whistle-blower actions. Regularly called upon by a wide range of clients, including hospitals, payors and biotechnology companies, for expertise in sophisticated healthcare matters.

  4. Reed Smith LLP
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    Reed Smith LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 3 | 12 Years Ranked

    Reed Smith LLP houses notable healthcare regulatory compliance expertise, including in government investigations, regulatory due diligence in transactions and fraud and abuse. It acts for a broad range of healthcare providers, including hospitals, pharmacies and physician groups. The firm offers niche expertise in advising managed care facilities on disputes work.

  5. Ropes & Gray LLP
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    Ropes & Gray LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 3 | 19 Years Ranked

    Ropes & Gray LLP is highly regarded for its expert assistance to healthcare clients across an array of matters, including transactions and regulatory compliance. Possesses notable experience in specialist areas such as HIPAA law, tax and public finance. Clients include academic medical centers, pediatric hospitals and community health systems.

  6. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 3 | 15 Years Ranked

    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a respected healthcare group known for its skill across transactional matters, including joint ventures and physician group acquisitions. Demonstrates wider strengths in areas including regulatory compliance, reimbursement and fraud and abuse claims. Draws from related practice areas, including antitrust, tax and employment law, to offer an integrated healthcare service.

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Band 4

  1. Crowell & Moring LLP
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    Crowell & Moring LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 4 | 11 Years Ranked

    Crowell & Moring LLP is noted for its provision of a full range of regulatory, transactional and litigation services to hospital systems, healthcare plans, physicians and life sciences companies. Particular areas of strength include Affordable Care Act matters, fraud and abuse law and antitrust matters pertaining to healthcare M&A. Also advises in connection with government investigations and offers expertise in privacy and data security laws.

  2. King & Spalding LLP
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    King & Spalding LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years Ranked

    King & Spalding LLP is a respected healthcare team with the full range of capabilities, including litigation and transactional work. The firm is experienced in assisting clients with M&A, joint ventures and due diligence. It also provides advice in relation to government reimbursement matters. It also boasts an increasing bench of dedicated healthcare attorneys, drawing on notable firmwide litigation capabilities.

  3. Nixon Peabody LLP
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    Nixon Peabody LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years Ranked
    Nixon Peabody LLP is a well-respected healthcare practice with expertise representing hospitals and health systems. It has a particular strength in digital health, telemedicine and healthcare transactions. The team has further experience of representing clients facing complex litigation.
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Band 5

  1. Buchalter, A Professional Corporation
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    Buchalter, A Professional Corporation
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 3 Years Ranked

    Buchalter's healthcare practice is respected for advising on a wide range of healthcare matters. The team has notable experience of handling M&A and joint venture. The practitioners also routinely assist clients in reimbursement disputes. The group's clients include a range of healthcare providers and billing companies, among others.

  2. Dentons
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    Dentons
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 12 Years Ranked

    Dentons is a well-regarded team with substantial experience advising hospitals and health systems on regulatory matters at both federal and state levels. It is noted for its capabilities in handling bankruptcy cases for healthcare clients.

  3. Hanson Bridgett LLP
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    Hanson Bridgett LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 19 Years Ranked

    Hanson Bridgett LLP has a highly regarded healthcare practice, frequently called on for representation in senior housing and long-term care matters. The firm offers an array of services, including litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory work and real estate transactional support. It is also noted for its strength in matters pertaining to the Affordable Care Act.

  4. Holland & Knight LLP
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    Holland & Knight LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked

    Holland & Knight LLP has a well regarded healthcare practice which frequently assists clients with a broad range of matters from transactional to corporate as well as regulatory compliance advice. It also offers litigation representation to healthcare providers.

  5. McGuireWoods LLP
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    McGuireWoods LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked

    McGuireWoods LLP is recognized for its robust practice, centring around transactional, regulatory and compliance advice. The team is particularly noted for its strengths in representing clients in private equity transactions in the healthcare sphere.

  6. Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked

    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC regularly provides regulatory advice and analysis for healthcare clients, as well as work in the healthcare data privacy sphere. It has further strength in conducting internal investigations and representation in civil investigations for healthcare clients.

  7. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years Ranked

    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is a highly regarded group that represents a wide range of healthcare clients, including health systems, hospitals, payors and academic medical centers. Its broad practice includes regulatory, transactional and contentious matters. The group is particularly noted for its strength in privacy mandates, as well as insurance disputes.

  8. Nossaman LLP
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    Nossaman LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 18 Years Ranked

    Nossaman LLP has a proficient healthcare practice which frequently advises on an impressive range of regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. Particular areas of strength include medical peer review, fraud and abuse laws, EMTALA issues and employment law matters. Offers niche strengths advising ambulatory surgery centers, as part of a broad client base which also includes academic medical centers and major healthcare systems.

  9. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years Ranked

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP has a strong healthcare litigation practice, known for its handling of investigations, administrative proceedings and courtroom disputes. Frequently defends clients against actions brought under the False Claims Act. Also possesses significant regulatory expertise.

  10. Polsinelli PC
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    Polsinelli PC
    Healthcare
    2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years Ranked

    Polsinelli PC has a well-regarded healthcare practice with a growing West Coast profile. The firm offers an impressive breadth of services across areas such as M&A, consolidations, peer review issues and fraud and abuse disputes. The group acts for a range of stakeholders, including providers, investors and physician practices.